STATISTICS AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Analysis Report

Analysis Report

Statistics and Criminal Justice

The purpose of statistical analysis is to clarify and not confuse. It is a tool for answering questions. Statistics in criminal justice allows us to take large bodies of information and summarize them with a few simple statements. Without statistics, conducting research about crime and justice would be virtually impossible.

Statistics in Criminal Justice takes an approach that emphasizes the uses of statistics in research in crime and justice. This text is meant for researchers and professionals who want to gain a basic understanding of statistics in this field. Law enforcement and criminal justice have prevailed in US since last 200 years. These agencies play an important role in managing the law as well as the policies related to it. These agencies have certain policies and rules which are needed to be followed. They help and protect our society. Similarly, criminal justice is an important part of our society which includes court and corrections, law enforcement and corrections. Laws are rules which need to be followed and if not penalties can be imposed on them. Law enforcement is a source of guidance for the concerned authorities, which must follow it. The future of the society enormously depends on the field of criminal justice.

Since managing criminal justice is an important concern of today different policies and procedures are being applied to manage and supervise them. While discussing issues such as lying is commonplace, found in a majority of cultures. Criminology can be defined as branch of social science, which deals with the practices to determine the causes of crimes and different deviant behaviors. In order to understand crime and deviant behavior better, we must understand their concepts. Crime is an infringement of criminal law for which there is no lawful rationalization. Whereas, deviant behavior is the violation of social norms, social norms can be defined as the proper or appropriate conduct under a specific set of conditions. Most people think of criminal justice as having to do with law enforcement. While criminal justice and law enforcement do go hand-in-hand, criminal justice isn't just about catching and punishing criminals. The study of criminal justice also includes an understanding of legal terminology and laws, the ethics of crime prosecution, the psychology of crime, also known as forensic psychology, the sociological causes and effects of crime, the relation of economics to criminal behavior, how to analyze ...